Batman & Robin director Joel Schumacher has claimed he wanted to make a Dark Knight style follow-up to the Batman film

But Warner Brothers liked the Batman & Robin dailies so much (HOW?) they tasked Schumacher with making a fifth film, presumably starring Clooney, entitled Batman Triumphant .

“I was su♏pposed to do a fifth one" Schumacher said. "I was talking to Nic Cage about playing the Scarecrow. I had begged the studio for The Dark Knight but they wanted a family friendly, toyetic thing."

Triumphant would have seen Batman getting gassed by Scarecrow’s fear toxins and having visions of his former foes, including Jack 💟Nicholson’s Joker.

Which, q🌼u💖ite frankly, would have been beyond awesome.

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